1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/9p/v9fs.c b/fs/9p/v9fs.c
index cf62b05e296a..6848788a13db 100644
--- a/fs/9p/v9fs.c
+++ b/fs/9p/v9fs.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static const match_table_t tokens = {
 
 static int v9fs_parse_options(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, char *opts)
 {
-        char *options;
+        char *options, *tmp_options;
         substring_t args[MAX_OPT_ARGS];
         char *p;
         int option = 0;
@@ -102,9 +102,10 @@ static int v9fs_parse_options(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, char *opts)
         if (!opts)
                 return 0;
 
-        options = kstrdup(opts, GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (!options)
+        tmp_options = kstrdup(opts, GFP_KERNEL);
+        if (!tmp_options)
                 goto fail_option_alloc;
+        options = tmp_options;
 
         while ((p = strsep(&options, ",")) != NULL) {
                 int token;
@@ -194,7 +195,8 @@ static int v9fs_parse_options(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, char *opts)
                         continue;
                 }
         }
-        kfree(options);
+
+        kfree(tmp_options);
         return ret;
 
 fail_option_alloc: